As state security forces increasingly refuse to return dead bodies or offer information to the next of kin, families' griefs are exacerbated by uncertainty.
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As state security forces increasingly refuse to return dead bodies or offer information to the next of kin, families' griefs are exacerbated by uncertainty.
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A boycott launched in the wake of the February 1 coup has caused sales of Myanmar Beer to plummet – and may even have wiped US$1 billion off the value of its military-linked parent company.
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Sagaing Region residents equipped with single-shot traditional rifles known as “tumi guns” – and in some cases more modern weaponry – are resisting security forces’ attempts to crush anti-coup protests.
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BY Sean Gleeson
The spread of smartphones has fostered illegal gambling by enabling tech-savvy bookies to place their customers’ bets via social media websites.
BY Htun Khaing
Gender equality activists have launched what’s believed to be the first self-defence training course in Yangon for women.
၂၀၁၂ခုနှစ်၊ ဇွန်လတွင် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအစိုးရက ကုလသမဂ္ဂနှင့်အတူ ပူးတွဲလုပ်ငန်းဆောင်ရွက်မှု စီမံချက်ကို သဘောတူလက်မှတ်ရေးထိုးပြီးသည့်အချိန်မှ ယနေ့အထိ ကလေးသူငယ် ၇၄၅ ဦးကို တပ်မတော်က နှုတ်ထွက်ခွင့်ပြုခဲ့ပြီးဖြစ်သည်
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The passing of a new financial institutions law in January has raised hopes of a brighter future for the nation’s banks but there are challenging times ahead.
A free ambulance service staffed by dedicated volunteers is providing transport for some of Yangon’s neediest people.
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There’s something odd about the Ministry of Rail Transportation’s tendering system and the way it spends taxpayers’ money.
Yangon’s Drug Elimination Museum is cavernous, crumbling and weird, but not that weird.
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